On the recordJune 18, 1996
Is it fair that any union member should automatically have money deducted from his or her paycheck to pay for political candidates or causes with which he or she disagrees? It is fair that a union member should have to battle his or her union in order to object to the union's spending of dues for political purposes? And, if he or she does object, is it fair that a union member be subjected to harassment from the union, or worse, the threat of losing his or her job? I certainly don't think so, and I would hope and expect that our colleagues on both sides of the aisle would feel the same way. Mr. Speaker, the Worker Rights to Know Act will help instill some basic fairness to the process by which unions spend the hard earned money of their members. I urge my colleagues to support its passage.
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